Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!

Words are spiritual forces.

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.

I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and therefore potent, emotion.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

Women can have their own kids and not have a husband or not have a partner.

For a while, I stopped enjoying making movies and I stopped enjoying acting, because I made a few decisions that I wish I hadn't made.

The parent who could see his boy as he really is, would shake his head and say: 'Willie is no good; I'll sell him.